Joan Rivers: Born: 1933-06-08 -
Died: 2014-09-04
Joan Rivers (real name Joan Molinksy) was an actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host. She co-hosted Fashion Police, starred in Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, and appeared in a number of films and TV shows, but was probably known best for her stand-up comedy.

Edith Flagg: Born: 1919-11-01 -
Died: 2014-08-13
Edith Flagg was a fashion designer and philanthropist, who was most recently known to appear on the reality television show Million Dollar Listing, advising her grandson, Josh Flagg. She was also a holocaust survivor.

Lauren Bacall: Born: 1924-09-16 -
Died: 2014-08-12
Lauren Bacall was an American film icon who graced many important movies in the “Golden Age” of American cinema. She’s well known for starring alongside Humphrey Bogart in the films To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. She married Bogart in 1945 and was with him until his death […]

Skye McCole Bartusiak: Born: 1992-09-28 -
Died: 2014-07-19
Skye McCole Bartusiak was an actress best known for roles in The Patriot and Don’t Say a Word. She also appeared in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Boogeyman, and Kill Your Darlings.

Nadine Gordimer: Born: 1923-11-20 -
Died: 2014-07-13
Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and activist whose works took on racially-charged themes, especially apartheid in her home country. Her famous novels include 1974’s The Conservationist, 1979’s Burger’s Daughter, 1981’s July’s People, and 1987’s A Sport of Nature. She also wrote numerous collections of short fiction and essays. Gordimer received the Nobel Prize […]

Marilyn Burns: Born: 1949-05-07 -
Died: 2014-07-05
Marilyn Burns was an American actress best known for her role in the 70s horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. She also starred in the TV miniseries Helter Skelter, about the Charles Mason trial.

Ruby Dee: Born: 1922-10-27 -
Died: 2014-06-11
Ruby Dee was an actress, writer, journalist, and civil rights activist. Among her acting credits were roles in A Raisin in the Sun, American Gangster, and Stephen King’s The Stand. Throughout her career, she won Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Ann B. Davis: Born: 1926-05-05 -
Died: 2014-06-01
Ann B. Davis was an actress best known for her role as Alice Nelson, the housekeeper on The Brady Bunch. Before that she played Charmaine “Schultzy” Schultz in the NBC sitcom The Bob Cummings Show.

Elena Baltacha: Born: 1983-08-14 -
Died: 2014-05-04
Elena Baltacha was a professional tennis player. She won the Aegon Award four times, and was a long-term British No. 1.

Sue Townsend: Born: 1946-04-02 -
Died: 2014-04-10
Sue Townsend was an English writer who is best known for creating the character Adrian Mole, a teenager whose story she told through a series of pieces written in the form of a diary. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole was later turned into a television series. Townsend was also a successful novelist, playwright, and […]